All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

Saudi Central Bank grants Spotii and Madfu BNPL licences

SAMA grants BNPL licences to Riyadh start-up Madfu and Zip-owned Spotii

Forced verification and AI/deepfake cases multiply at alarming rates: Sumsub

Full-cycle verification platform, Sumsub, revisits North American fraud data statistics from 2022 after Q1 2023 reports come in

Worldline helps ECB to shape future digital euro by successfully delivering a front-end prototype

Worldline is one of five companies selected by the European Central Bank to participate in offline digital euro front-end prototype testing, as part of the ECB’s investigation exercise

Asia Pacific continues growth trajectory in real-time payments: ACI and GlobalData research

Governments and central banks in the APAC region are playing a crucial role in driving real-time payments adoption

Ebury announces strategic growth plans in Brazil

Follows acquisition of Bexs with Brazil expansion a key part of global growth strategy

Laos government to promote digital transformation with blockchain technology

Laos government says blockchain technology key if the country is to meet the goals set out in its ninth five-year plan for national economic and social development

AFS and Visa launch prepaid cards for businesses in Bahrain and Oman

Arab Financial Services (AFS) enables its merchant community with Visa prepaid credentials in Bahrain and Oman

Saudi Arabia card payments market to grow by 14.6% in 2023, forecasts GlobalData

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan is successfully driving cash displacement in the Kingdom

Card fraud in Europe declines significantly: ECB

European Central Bank Card Fraud report highlights card fraud in 2021 at its lowest level since the start of data collection

FinMont partners with dLocal

FinMont to incorporate dLocal’s service into its global eco-system